The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-08-06
THE UNIVERSITY OF mississippi.

Located near oxford, was Incorporated O
the 2lLh day OF February, 1911. Its first facu
| W was organized in the year 1885, in whic
year II entered upon tits active career as al
| institute OF learning. The University own
q section Of land adjacent to the town q
oxford, in the centre of which its building
and campus are located. This section con
ssls of fine upland, gently rolling, witt
considerable stretches of table land almos
level, and 1t includes the country which i
the most elevated in the State of Mississippi
There are no local causes for.illness anywhere
about the adjacent country Is as healthy n,
any on the continent. The University
grounds are shaded by indigenous forest trees
| and covered with native grass and clover
Its principal buildings are eleven in number
all brick save one. Three are dormitories
designed for the occupation of the students
Dormifory life, however, is not compulsory
with private families in the town If desired.
About one-half of them do SO. The endow-
ment of the institution originated in dona-
ton by Congress on the Goth of February, 1919,
Of 50 sections Of land to the State of Missis-
sippi in trust for the support Of an institution
Of learning. By order Of the State legislature,
those lands were sold, producing the sum OF
about two hundred and eighty thousand dol.
lars; OF this principal sum, together with
such accumulated interest as constitutes a
total of about 1886 900 the State acknowledges
herself to be the trustee tor the benefit of the
University. and on itpays annually the sum
OF S33 interest, which with an income of
about $2,l0O, from other sources makes reve-
nue. of $1,000 per annum. The Institution ia
free to the world, no charges being made for
any student except the sum OF SO annually
for matriculation fee. The average attendance
from It's origination has been about 250 per
annum; and from Its foundation until now,
the total number Of students enrolled has
been little over 1000, Of which total enroll.
ment S75 have graduated. The Substitution com.
prehends two general departments: The one
Inf& &ofn A.
Arts, the other q school Of Law. The principle
that distinguishes the scheme OF the depart.
ment OF Sciences, Literature and the Arts, fs
that of the selection of courses. A student
may choose any one OF three courses, or un-
der restriction as to the sufficiency of his
work, may pursue course of strictly select
studies. The three recognized courses are:
lst, that for the Bachelor of Arts. which is
the old classical course; End, that for the
Bachelor of Science, which Omits Greek and
takes in more of scientific study; three for the
degree Of Bachelor of Philosophy, in which
the student is allowed to study any seven of
the ten co ordinate departments of the college.
No degrees are conferred upon students pun
can be had. In the department of Science,
Literature and the Arts, there are 10 suborii-
nate schools, or departments. There Is also q
special instructor in elocution but the study
OF that branch is wholly optional There Is
also subordinate department called the
Sub Freshman Glass; the object of which Is
to bring on students who come insufficiently
to enter the college proper. The
to the hands of the Faculty of which Prof.
Mayes, of the Law School is the chairman.
The University is very finely equipped in APP
paratus. In the department of Physics and
nearly all the instruments were
made in Europe by the most celebrated ma
lyers And are unsurpassed in excellence.
Yearly additions have been made to the col
lection, keeping 1t well up with the advance
Of physical science. The late additions in
clude Croake's apparatus, illustrating "radi-
ent matter" one of Prof, Kowlands fine
gratings for studying spectra and number
Of electrical instruments of precision all of
The very finest work kmanship. lii the depart
ment OF practical chemistry there is a full |
of balances, spectracopes, micro |
scopes, evaporating and distilliAg furnaces |
sas furnaces and other necessary apparatus, |
N the department OF NatLral History and |
ieoloey, are unusually fine collections of |
shells numbering over 10000 species.
for convenient study, and plants |
including an especially fine suit of cryptogo-
nous plants made by DR., Il. G. Hilgard, of |
1T, Louis; also u complete collection of the |
ois Of Mississippi some 400 in number label
I'd with the names of the trees naturally |
,rowing upon them and with q complete
.hemical analysis of each soil of the sub-soil, |
There is an extensive library with n reading
oom attached into which are taken all the |
State papers and large numbers of leading
'apers and Magazines of the United States
md of Europe, and which are open for three
lours every day. The University being
state institution is not denominational in
haracter, on the other hand it works on
trictly Christian principles. The current
are analyzed and discussed, but
gnostocisn in any of its forms is not en-
orsed, The institution, brief as has been its
areer, has already furnished to the country
many of its most prominent citizens. Its
Alumni are to be found filling the highest
laces of trust and confidence all over the
outll. Its reputation is not confined to the
tate of Mississippi, but stands high through
ut the Union and its honorary degrees of
'hich it is unusually sparing and jealous are
solicited from Europe.